BlackOrbit is the coordination system for new product introduction.
Every signal captured, every action followed through, every status updated. Less coordination tax, more shipping programs.
Time spent in meetings, on email, and on collaboration has grown by half over the past two decades. Most managers now spend the majority of their workweek on it, not on skilled work.
Delivery time on the largest defense programs (F-35, Columbia-class, Sentinel ICBM) climbed from 8 to 11 years. More than half reported schedule delays last year. Their suppliers feel every slip downstream.
Counting on hiring won't be enough. Your program managers and engineers need leverage, quickly.
* Cross, Rebele & Grant, "Collaborative Overload" — Harvard Business Review (Jan–Feb 2016). hbr.org/2016/01/collaborative-overload
† U.S. GAO, Weapon Systems Annual Assessment (GAO-24-106831, 2024). gao.gov/products/gao-24-106831
‡ National Association of Manufacturers, Manufacturers' Outlook Survey. Talent has ranked #1 for 16 consecutive quarters. nam.org/manufacturers-outlook-survey
Portfolio view, work packages, stage gates, owners, dates, dependencies. The fundamentals of NPI coordination, with the manufacturing ontology native — not bolted on.
Reads inbound emails, supplier replies, BOMs, ECOs, PDFs, meeting notes, ERP and PLM deltas. Every signal becomes structured program data, with provenance.
Risks surfaced before they slip. Comms drafted ready to send. Status reports written for you. Hours saved every week, not minutes — reinvested into the work your team was hired for.
ERP, PLM, MES, email, shared drives. Your systems of record stay where they are. BlackOrbit becomes the coordination system that connects them.
Your ERP, PLM, and MES weren't built to coordinate the program. BlackOrbit was. Your existing stack stays in place; we add the layer it was never designed to be.
Most industrial companies already have talented engineers, capable operators, strong ERP, plans, and dashboards. Yet programs still slip. The real challenge isn't information availability. It's program coordination.
In aerospace, defense, and advanced manufacturing, iteration speed matters. Responsiveness matters. Cross-functional alignment matters. The winners will not simply manufacture better. They will coordinate better.
Traditional software is request and response. Humans operate forms, the system records state. AI-native coordination flips it: signals come in, state updates, decisions surface. The human confirms. The engine learns.
BlackOrbit ships with a manufacturing ontology tuned to your segment. Stage gates, quality events, regulatory checklists, and supplier patterns are native primitives, not configuration.
CNC, milling, turning, EDM. AS9100, AS9102 FAI, ITAR / CUI, multi-tier supplier coordination, DFM loops with primes.
Capability 02PCBA, box build, system integration. High BOM complexity, fast ECO velocity, component obsolescence, IPC standards.
Capability 03Injection molding, tooling-coupled production. Tool design, validation runs, secondary operations, qualification builds.
Capability 04Multi-supplier orchestration, kit assembly, sheet metal, weldments. Where mechanical, electrical, and outsourced components come together.
Capability 05Layup, autoclave, cure cycles, NDI inspection. The structural side of aerospace, defense, hypersonics, and wind.
Capability 06Integrator shops that combine multiple processes into one product. Capital equipment, industrial machinery, specialty systems — where every BOM change touches every process.
CUI-safe, CMMC-ready coordination for AS9100 suppliers. ITAR, DFARS, prime flow-downs, and source inspection — the regulated reality, handled.
Additional market pages are in the works. Tell us which regulated segment you operate in and we'll prioritize it.
We read every submission ourselves. If there's a fit, you'll hear from a founder within 48 hours with two time slots for an intro call.